Maritime news of Iraq

[sheytanElKebir]

al basra oil terminal.
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accomodation block... dilapidated!
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[sheytanElKebir]

here is one of the 4 new single point moorings in Basra. so small and simple compared to the old khor al amaya and al basra oil terminals!

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[sheytanElKebir]

dredging khor al zubair.
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[haiderpass]

thanks for the pics sheytan, great view of our oil facilities, you'd think with some 95% of our budget depending on these structures that they'de at least modernise it or renovate it from time to time. looks like its about to collapse .

[sheytanElKebir]

no no. lets build some swish guest houses in the green zone, or lots of new parliaments and head-honcho offices for hundreds of millions... much more important.

[haiderpass]

well if they actually build something id actually be happy, problem is they build NOTHING. but seriously this is bad, real bad, lets hope they actually take a look at this facility soon, before it goes to hell.

[Euphrates]

[Euphrates]

[sheytanElKebir]

Iran, Iraq to Launch 1st Passenger Shipping Line
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Iraqi provincial officials have decided to launch the first passenger shipping line between Iran's Southwestern port city of Abadan and the port city of Basra in Southeastern Iraq, an official announced on Tuesday.




"The first shipping line between Abadan and Basra in Iraq will be launched soon," Governor of Abadan city Bahram Ilkhaszadeh told FNA today, adding that the port city of Abadan with a well-equipped terminal enjoys good potentials and capacities to this end.

He said that the passenger shipping line will be launched based on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the governorates of Khuzestan and Basra provinces.

He said Basra governor-general had earlier travelled to Iran through the same shipping line, and added that a 400-strong passenger vessel belonging to the private sector is now operation under the shipping line and will carry passengers between Abadan and Basra.

The officials of Iran's Southern provinces and Iraq's Basra province have recently doubled their efforts to increase commercial exchanges between the two sides.

An Iranian provincial economic official in 2010 announced the inauguration of Iran's second trade center in the Iraqi province of Basra.

"To make a maximum use of the capacity of Iranian producers and to promote (the Iranian cooperative sector's) international relations in area of commerce, we will witness the start of operation of the second trade center of Iran's cooperative sector in Iraq's Basra province," Secretary of Iran's Southwestern province of Khuzestan's Chamber of Cooperatives Daqqar Savarri told FNA at the time.

Iran and Iraq have enjoyed growing ties ever since the overthrow of the former Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, during the 2003 US invasion of the Muslim country.

[haiderpass]

whats the point, plane tickets to iran are cheap as dirt nowadays, Im not sure how reliable this is, but i heard this allot in iraq that you can now get plane tickets to iran for $1.

Many iraqis are going there for holidays now cause its really cheap since the sanctions kicked in and a getaway from iraq.

[sheytanElKebir]

they should really build a bridge in the long term to be honest.

[karar]

your basra oil terminal photo post not showng if u can fix pls

[Ali - Iraq]

Basra to Open Border Crossing with Saudi Arabia
Posted on 02 January 2013. Tags: Basra, borders, Saudi Arabia

By John Lee.
Informed sources in Basra claim that the provincial government intends to open a border crossing with Saudi Arabia with the aim of increasing exports.
Both NINA news agency and Aswat al-Iraq report that the crossing will be in the Ouja al-Batin area, northwest of Basra.
The crossing is expected to be opened later this year

[Ali - Iraq]

U.S. firms to help Iraq modernize port at Basra
Special to WorldTribune.com
BAGHDAD — Iraq has selected a U.S. consortium to modernize the
nation’s leading port.

Iraq hopes that the modernization of Maqal Port will improve investor confidence in the country. /Iraq Business News
The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki has signed a $14 million contract for the modernization of a port in the southern province of Basra.
Under the 10-year accord, the consortium, led by North America
Western Asia Holdings, would construct a container yard in one of 14 berths in the 93-year-old Maqal Port on the Shatt Al Arab waterway.
“Modernizing Maqal Port is one step in Iraq’s greater vision to improve
and expand our country’s shipping and port capabilities,” Iraqi
Transportation Minister Hadi Al Amiri said.
Under the contract, the consortium would dredge Shatt Al Arab — which leads to the northern Gulf — to at least nine meters to accommodate deep-water vessels.
North America, led by a former U.S. Defense Department
official, would work with other American firms, Triton Container
International and Marmon Crane Services.

[sheytanElKebir]

http://al-shorfa.com/en_GB/articles/...6/newsbrief-09

Iraq has started construction on eight giant ships for the State Company for Maritime Transport (SCMT), officials said Wednesday (January 16th).

The ships will cost an estimated $450 million to build.

Salam al-Quraishi, economic advisor to the Iraqi government, told Al-Shorfa that Iraq signed a bilateral agreement with two Chinese and French companies to build the vessels, which range in capacity from 17-50 thousand tonnes.

The ships are slated to be finished in three years and will become part of the Iraqi transport fleet, he said.

"The step aims to strengthen commercial transport operations between Iraq and European and Asian countries, as well as Arab Gulf countries," he added.

[Euphrates]

العراق يبرم عقداً لشراء بواخر فرنسية بحمولة تزيد على 17 الف طن

[Ali - Iraq]

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[Euphrates]

This is not maritime Ali..

[Euphrates]

وصول زورقي السياب والفراهيدي الى ميناء ام قصر لصالح شركة الموانئ العراقية

[sheytanElKebir]

eee yaba. catamarans